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Vacuum Casting service by Xtmade

We offfer a complete turnkey solution for creating master patterns and cast copies based on your CAD designs. We not only make high-quality moldsbut we also offer a full line of finishing services including painting, sanding,pad printing and more. We’ll help you create parts for showroom qualitydisplay models, engineering test samples, crowdfunding campaigns andmore.
Do you need production quality plastic prototypes fast? Polyurethanevacuum casting may be the ideal solution for you. Xtmade’s vacuum castingservice is renowned for producing showroom quality display models,engineering samples, crowdfunding prototypes and more. And of course allof your parts are expertly finished with professional painting, printing andmachining.

Urethane casting can prove extremely valuable for earlymarket testing

Our urethane casting service gives you access to high quality, low volume “production-like parts”in a variety of rigid, and soft urethane materials. Castings can even be colored to a wide range of colors and textures and Xtmade with match pigments for Pantone, RAL,or samples provided. Our cast urethane parts resemble your final product not only in shape but also in appearance and finsh. urethane castings provide a visual, practical, and functional evaluation plus can prove extremely valuable for early market testing.

Our Capabilities

Urethane casting is a traditional manufacturing technology that is most commomy used during the prototyping process. Urethane casting produced by Xtmade can generally be expected to hold +/-.010″ tolerances with +/-0.003 in/in(whichever is greater).For urethane casting equipment and parts with tight tolerance requirements, Xtmade generallyrecommends CNC machining or injection molding services. Regarding soft parts, there is aShore A tolerance of +/-10. Please note, these tolerances are not quaranteed, becausegeometries vary and every application is different, so please speak directly with one of ourXtmade experts.

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Urethane Casting Options

Urethane is one of the most versatile materials available, and can be manipulated to provide a wide range of properties,textures,hardnesses and so on.At Xtmade, we take pride in our versatility,and are ready to work with you to overoome any challenges in creating the parts you nees.

Color: We can produce exactly the shade that is needed through our wide variety of paints.
Finishes: The urethane casting process is idealfor custom finishes and textures – due to the nature ofthe 3D printed original patem and the quaities ofthesilicone rubber mold. We can texture the mold and part according to any $pl finish or MT finish, as well as any custom design you may require
Resins: Urethane is versatle and able to nearly reproduce the qualities of a number of materials, including ABs, PP and PE.When ABs-ike, pp like and PE.ikeprototvpes are needed, you save on the cost of low.volume quantities of those materials by making use of the versatility of urethane
Value-added options: When addiional requirements bevond urethane casting are needed to create your part,we can provide them, including spray paintingpad printing, screen printing and more.

Urethane Casting Materials

Cast urethane parts are often compared to injection molding materials.For example, a stiff urethane cast part may be described as “polycarbonate-like” and a more flexible plastic may be “polypropylene-ike” We organize polyurethane materials into general categories to help you make decisions faster and achieve designed erformance in your proiects.The ist below describes the categories of materials and technical examples when selecting poyurethanes.

Cast Urethane Materials:

ABS
POM (Polyoxymethylene)
PP (Polypropylene)

Silikon
TPU (Thermoplastic Polyurethane)

Technical Specifications for Urethane Casting

Lead Time: Up to 50 parts in 10 days or less, depending on the part complexity and quantity.
Maximum Part Dimensions: The vacuum chamber’s dimensions (1900 x 900 x 750 mm) and the product’s maximum volume (10 liters) determine the mold’s size limitation.
Service Life of the Silicone Mold: Typical quantities are up to 20-25 copies per mold (depending on the casting materials and the mold’s complexity).
Accuracy: ±0.15mm/100mm, with the highest precision up to ±0.05 mm.
Wall Thickness: A minimum wall thickness of 0.75 mm is necessary for filling the mold properly. A wall thickness of 1.5mm～2.5mm is recommended.
Surface Finish & Textures: Textured, colored, painted, coated, clear polished, insert, and over-molding can be obtained. Custom finishes are available for request.

Vacuum Casting Advantage

Tooling Cost & Overturns
Small cost compared to injection machine

Small tooling cost
Quick manufacturing
Master Model
Duplicate parts easily
20-200 Batch production
Manufacture any product ideas

Manufacturing Any Parts
Any parts can be done with Vacuum Casting

Large parts
Complex Shape
Strong parts
Lightweight parts
Functional parts
up 10 Cast materials

High-Quality
Result with vacuum casting is similar as injection molding

Very high-quality parts
Multiple finishing & post processing
No Air bubbles
3d printing Alternative
injection molding Alternative
Extensive Wall thickness

What is Urethane Casting

Urethane Casting (or polyurethane casting, or urethane moldings) is ideal for additive manufacturing short-run production of pieces made from a plastic injection-molded resin. Often performed after an RTV mold (also called a room lemperature vulcanization mold) is made from a Stereolithography (SLA) prototype, urethane castings are a cost-effective way to reproduce production-ready parts in small quantities.
After a mold is created, Urethane Casting material – syonymous with polyurethane casting material- is iniected into the mold’s “void” This allows for nearperfect copies of the original prototype to be created. We have low durometer urethanes that can be very soft, but we can also make stereolithography moldsand inject silicone rubber into it.

Steps For Creating a Urethane Casting include the following:
1. Risers are put on the part to allow air to escape from the final mold.
2. A thin film is attached to the part, which will act as a seam for the final mold.
3. A box is built around the entire structure, and it is filled with silicone rubber.
4. Once the silicone rubber has cured,the box and risers are removed, the mold is opened at its seam, and the original part is removed.
5. The mold is ready for use and any type of urethane can now be iniected into the mold to create an exact duplicate of the original.

Industries We Serve

Due to its fast production, low costs, and durable parts, our vacuum casting service is the favored option for making custom parts used in the automotive,medical and other industries.

Automotive

Large size parts, ABS bumpers, PC/ABS instrument panels, reflector mounts, steering wheel assemblies, engines, transmissions.

Medical

Stainless steel or titanium bone plates, prostheses, respiratory equipment, handheld devices, diagnostic equipment, anatomical models, surgical instruments and other components for medical needs.

Aerospace

Aerospace engines, fuselages, turbines, brakes, tire parts, lighting systems, vacuum pumps and fuel pump parts.

Consumer products

Such as electronic device housings, buttons, handles, knobs, switches, wearable digital devices, cooking products, and sports equipment.

New Energy

Energy industry components such as heat exchangers, valves, pipes, pumps and accessories, hydraulic components, battery components, solar panel parts, frames and impellers.

Industrial machinery

Electronic housings, conveyor belts, fasteners, connectors, generator components, fixtures, machine and tool parts for industrial machinery.

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